Tinnea aethiopica

Tinnea (sunbells) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae first described in 1867. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa. It was named in honour of the Dutch explorer Alexine Tinne.

Species Tinnea aethiopica Kotschy ex Hook.f. – widespread from Mali to Somalia south to Mozambique; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago Tinnea antiscorbutica Welw. – Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Zambia, Angola Tinnea apiculata Robyns & Lebrun – eastern Africa from Rwanda to Mozambique Tinnea barbata Vollesen – Eswatini, northern South Africa Tinnea barteri Gürke – western Africa Tinnea benguellensis Gürke – Angola Tinnea coerulea Gürke – DRC, Zambia, Angola Tinnea eriocalyx Welw. – DRC, Angola, Botswana, Namibia Tinnea galpinii Briq. – Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa Tinnea gombea Zhigila – Nigeria Tinnea gossweileri Robyns & Lebrun – Angola Tinnea gracilis Gürke – Tanzania to Zambia Tinnea mirabilis (Bullock) Vollesen – Tanzania Tinnea physalis E.A.Bruce – Tanzania Tinnea platyphylla Briq. – DRC Tinnea rhodesiana S.Moore – South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique Tinnea somalensis Gürke ex Chiov. – Ethiopia Tinnea vesiculosa Gürke – Tanzania, Malawi Tinnea vestita Baker – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Botswana Tinnea zambesiaca Baker – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique